French Mag to Publish Cartoons of Prophet Mohammed on Sept. 19th.

Boy oh boy the French are out to piss off the entire world or so it seems. First the pics of the princess and now this.

A French satirical magazine is set to publish several cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed on Wednesday, a move that is likely to inflame the Islamic
faithful and militants who have already rioted in more than 20 countries over a movie mocking the prophet.

The magazine “Charlie Hebdo” has confirmed that it will publish the cartoons, but has not revealed what they will depict. French newspaper “Le
Monde” reports that some of the cartoons show the prophet in “particularly explicit poses,” without providing any further detail.

French government ministers have criticized the magazine’s decision and police in Paris have stepped up security around its offices.

So on the plus side it may take the heat off the U.S. but then again who knows. Should be interesting.....

Every group of people gets "picked" on. There are jokes and opinions about every religion, every race, gay people, straight people, fat people,
skinny people and so on. Sometimes the jokes/opinions are in poor taste, sometimes they are upsetting but no one is immune. And throwing a tantrum of
global proportions is not going to get people to stop "picking" on you, if anything it will just get people "picking" on you more.

Oh I most certainly agree it is a double edged sword in this case and I personally would not choose to exercise my free speech in this instance
however I can not condemn the magazine for choosing to publish the cartoons because I believe that it is well within their right to do so.

Is it the angry mob outside, or is the rule of law, Here in the US its the rule of law.

Not the vocal minority who seek through violence to oppress, but you go ahead and bow to anger and violence of the mob.

I for one will not.

I get what you're saying, it's the principles of what WE believe in as Americans, and what THIS country was founded on. It's not about the
decision of what you can or can't say, or who gets to "decide" that. Patriotism at it's core, and i admire you defending that.

But the world doesn't have any obligation to adhere to or honor our ego-centrism and liberties as Americans -- and certainly, they don't.

The issue here is humility, and not using one's social reach (via the media) to instigate further violence.

In FACT, in this instance, if you say certain things to this particular group of people, OTHER people will likely get killed.

You want that on your conscious?

It's like my mother used to tell me, "it's not What you say, but how you say it... and sometimes it better not to say anything at all"

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